Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

Work History

• Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina
• Social Media Manager, Features Writer and Blogger
• May 2010 to June 2010

• •Managed paper’s social media coverage of the 2010 Spoleto USA arts festival
  •Wrote stories on choral music for the paper’s Spoleto Today section

• Back Stage. New York City
• Editorial Intern
• January 2010 to May 2010

• •Populated Espresso, the news blog, with several posts daily, including formatted photos
  •Compiled events calendar, edited copy, and rewrote press releases as news items
  •Reported and wrote features for both website and print edition

• Joseph A. Citta Scout Reservation, Jersey Shore Council-BSA, Barnegat, NJ
• Program Director
• January 2007 to August 2008

• •Developed and presented the weeklong program of events followed by the over 2000 Boy Scouts and Scouters who attended the 2007 and 2008 summer camp seasons
  •Oversaw the hiring of a 40-50 member staff in both 2007 and 2008
  •Planned and led a week-long staff training program in areas including customer relations, principles of effective teaching, and theatrical performance
  •Managed and directed the staff in the successful implementation of the weekly program. Provided personal guidance and biweekly performance evaluations

• Joseph A. Citta Scout Reservation, Jersey Shore Council-BSA, Barnegat, NJ
• Ecology Director
• March 2004 to March 2006

• •Involved in the hiring of 3-4 area staff members
  •Oversaw the teaching of 15 different ecological disciplines to approximately 200 Boy Scouts weekly
  •Taught selected courses
  •Conducted weekly performance evaluations of staff members

Education

• Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Master of Arts, Arts Journalism
• 2009 - 2010

• Valparaiso University
• Bachelor of Arts, Theater
• 2004 - 2008

• •Graduated Cum Laude; Dean’s List
  •Christ College Scholar (Interdisciplinary Honors College)
  •Honors Thesis: Choosing Death in a Society of Life: Writing the Tragic and Melodramatic Death Narratives